Sorry it's been such a long time! I've been extrememly busy with life. Getting ready to go to college does that to you. But hopefully I can update on some what of a regular basis now. Well hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone except the Foxxes. ten81csi owns Kylie and Brent Flack. And iluvcsi4eva owns Kelly Higgins. But they are nice enough to allow me to use their OCs. Check out their stuff too!

Adam was at The Basement sitting in a booth, working on his math homework. Saturday mornings at The Basement was the quietest; exactly how Adam liked it. He didn't have the greatest home life so any chance he had to get away he took it. The Auburn haired nerd was so engrossed in his work he didn't notice the object of his affection stop right in front of him.

"Hey Adam," She said softly, "What's up?"

He looked up from his work and gawked at the sight before him. Her long black hair was pulled into a ponytail and her face had little make-up on, but enough to make her icy blue eyes pop. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a simple t-shirt. Adam thought she looked amazing.

"Oh…uh…hey Kylie…n…nothing…much." He stuttered.

"Cool," She smiled at him, "Can I sit here with you? I'm waiting for Niki."

Adam nodded his head. He couldn't say no to Kylie Flack. He watched her as she sat down and he could feel his cheeks beginning to burn. He hated that he got so nervous around Kylie.

"Uh…why are…y…you waiting for Niki?" Adam asked, his stuttering calming down a little bit.

"Oh we're going shopping together," She said, "For the school dance this Friday."

"Oh…right. Why is it…this…Friday?" Adam asked. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves.

Kylie gave Adam a smile and rolled her eyes. "Because silly, it's a bye week for the football team. And if there was a football game everyone would go to that instead of the dance."

"True, I never thought of that."

"For someone who's supposed to be really smart, you're kind of slow sometimes." She giggled.

Adam let a goofy grin spread across his face. He just made Kylie Flack giggle. That was probably one of the greatest achievements in his life so far.

"So," Kylie spoke, "Are you gonna go to the dance?"

"Uh… I dunno… I mean… I don't know…who I'd…" Adam stumbled over his tongue.

Kylie gave him a look. "Adam, everyone is going to be there! You have to go!"

"I just… I don't…"

"Just come! It'll be fun. Trust me." Kylie said, giving Adam a smile.

He let out a sigh and shook his head. "Alright… I'll…I'll…go."

…

The park was filled with little kids running around and screaming in joy. Niki Foxx walked by a group of boys playing a game of football. She smiled as she remembered her younger days when she would be the only girl playing football with all the guys. Though it was still like that today.

Niki continued her walk through the park. It was a shortcut from her house to The Basement. She was meeting Kylie there and then they would hit up the mall to find something to wear to the dance on Friday. When she reached a secluded area of the park she felt a hand grab her ass.

"Messer," She growled, "Let go of my ass, now."

"Oh come on babe," Danny smiled at her as he moved his hand up her ass and to her lower back, "You know you like it."

She rolled her eyes and grabbed Danny's arm and pulled it away from her. Niki turned to face him and stared into his blue eyes. "Touch me again and I'll break your glasses."

"And mess up this pretty little face? I think not." He smirked.

"Don't tempt me," She said, an eyebrow raised, "Cause I sure as hell will."

Danny shook his head and lightly grabbed Niki's wrist. "So you, me, the dance this Friday?"

Niki got in Danny's face. Their lips were just inches apart. "I don't go out with Tanglewood." She said slowly.

"I'm not Tanglewood babe." Danny rolled his eyes. He moved his face closer to hers, making the distance between their lips shrink.

"But your brother is," Niki smirked, "And Foxxes want nothing to do with those Mafia wannabes."

"But I'm not my brother." Danny groaned this time.

The Foxx rolled her eyes. Danny wasn't getting it. She was just going to have to play a different game with him. Or at least for a few minutes so he would leave her alone.

"You're right," She smiled as she started playing with Danny's shirt, "You aren't your brother."

Danny smirked at the little brunette. He was surprised he won that argument. But he didn't care. Danny pulled Niki's body against his and started moving his lips toward hers. Niki got the Foxx grin on her face when she saw Danny close his eyes and his lips parted. She put her left foot behind him and then pushed him, causing Danny to trip over her foot and fall to the ground.

"What the hell was that for?" Danny asked angrily.

"I've told you a million times," Niki winked at him as she started to walk away, "The Foxxes don't associate themselves with Mafia wannabes like Tanglewood. Enough said."

…

The Foxx Family room was pitch black; the only light flashing from the movie on the TV screen. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, jumping at the slightest of sounds. The rabid Saint Bernard, Cujo, had the kids scared out of their mind. Even though the movie was made in 1983, the kids were still freaked out.

Aiden, Brent, and Kylie were huddled together on the corner of the couch. Kelly would occasionally hide her head in Hawkes' chest, but she could still hear the sounds of Cujo's growls. Niki and Flack were sitting on the floor, Niki occasionally grabbing Flack's arm when Cujo popped out of nowhere.

Cujo wasn't on the screen when they first heard the noise. There was a low, deep growl coming from behind the couch. Everyone jumped at the noise.

"What the hell was that?" Kylie asked, gripping on to her twin brother's arm.

Niki rolled her eyes, "It was probably just the TV. We are watching a movie about a rabid dog."

"That sounded way to close to be the movie." Aiden whispered as she held on to Brent's other arm.

"Maybe they just have a great stereo system." Flack rolled his eyes.

"No way," Kelly shook her head, "That growl wasn't from the TV."

Another growl was heard, followed by a low snarl. This time even Flack and Niki become a little wary. The noises were definitely not coming from the TV. They were coming from somewhere in the house.

"Okay, I'm really freaked out now." Hawkes said, glancing around the room.

Suddenly a white blur jumped over the couch causing all the kids to scream. Kelly buried herself in Hawkes' chest, as he tried to hide in the couch. Aiden, Kylie, and Brent jumped into each other's laps and huddled as closely together as they could. Niki jumped into Flack's lap and buried her face into Flack's neck. The kids kept screaming and hiding until Niki felt hot breathe on her neck. She opened one eye and saw a white bear face sitting next to her.

"Oh guys," She smiled as she took her head away from Flack's neck, "It's just Cujo."

"Stop saying it's that damn dog on TV! There is no way all that noise is coming from the TV!" Kylie shouted, not looking at Niki.

Niki rolled her eyes as she started scratching the ears of her white fuzz ball. "No idiot, it's my Cujo."

Kylie looked to the floor and saw Niki's dog sitting next to her. Cujo was a Maremma Sheepdog; a muscular, solid, and large white furred dog directly off the boat from Italy. Cujo was bought in Italy by Niki's Uncle Michael for her 12th birthday. The Sheepdog was a great guard dog and put fear in all the people he met.

"Oh my god," Kelly sighed, "Cujo just scared the crap out of me."

"I guess all the noises that TV Cujo was making made my Cujo uneasy." Niki laughed while Cujo started licking her face.

The 110 pound dog plopped himself in Niki's lap, making her focus all her attention on him. Flack let out a huff when the extra weight came on his lap. He was completely uncomfortable but wasn't ready for Niki to get off his lap.

"I think it's kind of embarrassing that we all forgot about your Cujo." Hawkes said, his cheeks a little rosy with embarrassment.

Aiden nodded her head as she got off of Brent's lap. "You're telling me. We've known that dog for like four years."

"Well Niki freaked out too." Kylie smirked and winked at her friend.

"Did not," Niki argued, sticking her tongue out at her friend, "I totally knew it was my Cujo."

"Oh really?" Kylie asked, nodding toward how Niki was sitting. She knew her friend had a thing for her brother. But she would never admit to it. Kylie thought they would be a perfect couple, but Niki would have nothing to do with it. She didn't see it, unlike everyone else, well Donnie didn't see it either.

"So I'm pretty sure I don't want to finish this movie anymore." Brent said, breaking the silence that had filled the room.

"I'm with you on that one," Aiden agreed, "Hey Flack could you drive me home? It's a long walk and I'm a little spooked."

"Fine, let me and Brent walk alone in the dark." Kylie said.

Aiden rolled her eyes, "You live across the street, two houses down. I think you two will be fine."

"She does have a point." Niki smirked as she tried to get Cujo off of her.

"Fine," Kylie huffed, "When you come over for breakfast tomorrow and me and Brent are nowhere to be found, then you all know what happened."

"Yeah, and you'll all feel bad cause it was your fault." Brent added as he followed his twin out the door.

Hawkes shook his head. "Kelly and I are going to get going. I got to get home early; my parents are making me go to this stupid family function tomorrow."

The couple said goodbye and left, leaving Niki still sitting on Flack's lap, with Cujo on Niki's and Aiden was sitting all alone on the couch.

"Flack," Aiden groaned, "Let's go. My parents want me home at a decent hour tonight."

Flack rolled his eyes and sighed. Niki had finally gotten Cujo off of her lap, so Niki got off of Flack's lap. He stood up and stretched before he started heading toward the front door.

"You gonna be okay staying by yourself tonight?" Flack had noticed that Joey and Kevin weren't home and it didn't look like they'd be coming back anytime soon.

Niki rolled her eyes as she rubbed Cujo behind his floppy ears. "I'll be fine. I've got Cujo. Don't worry."

"Right," Flack smiled nervously, "I'll see you around then."

"See ya, bye Aiden!" Niki said, waving to her friends.

"By Nik," Aiden said and rolled her eyes, "Thanks for the…interesting night."

….

Aiden reached for the radio and turned the music down. She had something serious to ask Flack. She turned to him with an eyebrow raised. Flack took a quick glance in her direction, a confused look on his face.

"What do you want?" He asked.

Aiden smirked at him. "So you and Foxx and that almost kiss? What was up with that?"

"I didn't try to kiss her…I …I…she had an eyelash on her face." Flack stumbled over his tongue.

"Oh yeah," Aiden sighed, rolling her eyes, "Cause everyone gets eyelashes off of people's faces with their mouths open and tongues out and eyes closed."

"I was squinting! And…and I stick my tongue out when I have to concentrate!" Flack defended himself.

She gave him a look. "Don't fuck with me. That's such bullshit. You totally tried to kiss her."

"Alright," Flack sighed. He knew he wasn't going to be able to lie to Aiden, "I tried to kiss her."

"So why did you stop?"

"Cause I told Danny that Niki was off limits cause she's my sister's best friend, so when I tried to kiss her Danny whispered in my ear that he thought Niki was off limits cause she's Kylie's best friend." Flack groaned. He regretted telling Danny that.

Aiden shook her head. "You shouldn't have told Danny that. He's been trying to get in Niki's pants since like…forever."

"I know," Flack moaned, "I know. And Danny can be such a tool that even if I said I actually wanted to date Niki, he'd be like 'Dude, whoever gets her first gets her first'."

"Well don't worry so much about it, Niki's turning Danny down left and right." Aiden smiled.

"She is?" Flack asked, "Danny's been telling me he's been turning Niki down."

Aiden let out a laugh. "That's bullshit. Niki won't have anything to do with Danny cause he's got Tanglewood affiliations."

"Well that's good for me." Flack smiled.

"But," Aiden sighed, a little upset she had to burst Flack's bubble, "There are a bunch of other guys in school who want Niki. So you better do something soon."

"I just don't know what to do." He sighed.

Aiden rolled her eyes. "I dunno, most people usually ask the person they have a thing for out. You know. I mean it is kind of a strange concept but it makes sense."

"Alright, no need to be a smartass," Flack smirked, "I just gotta find the right time. And I don't really wanna get rejected by her."

"Did you not see her grabbing your arm during the movie tonight? And the fact she jumped into your lap and stayed there? Come on. She's totally into you." Aiden said, baffled that Flack was that blind.

"But…"

"No buts," Aiden interrupted him, "Just ask her to the dance this Friday. She'll probably say yes cause she doesn't have a date. But you gotta hurry. Cause I know Tyler Williams wants to ask her."

"Great, I have to compete with that guy." Flack groaned.

Aiden looked out the window and realized they were at her house. She opened her door, got out and then turned to Flack. "At least you have one thing he doesn't."

"What's that?" Flack asked.

"A license." She smirked.

Flack rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah that's definitely gonna put me above him on Niki's list."

"You'd be surprised," Aiden said, "Girls dig a guy with a license. But seriously, just grow a pair and ask her to the dance. It really isn't that hard."

"Alright, fine" Flack sighed, giving into Aiden's demands, "I'll ask her to the dance."

"Good, thanks for the ride!" Aiden smiled as she waved goodbye to her friend.

Flack waved back. "Anytime and thanks for the talk."

"Well someone had to give it to you eventually. Everyone knows you and Niki are like perfect for each other." Aiden said before she turned her back on the car and headed toward her front door.

Flack let out a sigh and shook his head. He had to figure out the perfect way to ask Niki to the dance. Something that would impress her enough that she wouldn't reject him. Flack thought back to what Aiden said about him and Niki being perfect for each other. It was a weird thought to him, having his sister's best friend being perfect for him. But Flack knew that in this world, there was no such thing as perfect. And that made him wonder if asking Niki out was a good thing.

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